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"The Obama Recession": Their Kingdom for a Scapegoat

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.30.2008 | Home

Read More: George Bush, Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Obama Recession, Economic Crisis, Bush Administration, Economy, George W. Bush, Conservative Talk Radio, Financial Crisis, Right-Wing Radio, Obama Administration, Credit Crisis, Barack Obama, Fulminators, Home News
Rick Horowitz

The mere prospect of a Barack Obama victory, the Fulminators want you to believe, was enough to spook the markets and send them into the current tailspin.

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U.S. Moves Ahead On Controversial Oil And Gas Leases On Public Land

washingtonpost.com | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home

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A decision by federal officials this week to press ahead with a controversial sale of oil and gas leases in eastern Utah is stoking the debate over ho...

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Why Not Have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

Byron Williams | Posted 11.26.2008 | Home

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Byron Williams

Without an honest assessment of how we got to this current state, we will be unable to hold our political leadership to a standard that is much above the lack of accountability we bequeathed this administration.

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William Kristol: Future Imperfect

Gerald Bracey | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

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Gerald Bracey

According to Bill Kristol, Bush has to win in Iraq to have any hopes of being judged successful. That gives him 38 days to become successful.

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NYT Columnist: Bush And Cheney Should Resign Now

New York Times | Gail Collins | Posted 11.22.2008 | Home

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Thanksgiving is next week, and President Bush could make it a really special holiday by resigning. Seriously. We have an economy that's crashing and ...

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Top Scientist: Bush's Political Appointees Lack Science Backgrounds, Will "Leave Wreckage Behind"

Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin and Carol D. Leonnig | Posted 11.22.2008 | Home

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The president of the nation's largest general science organization yesterday sharply criticized recent cases of Bush administration political appointe...

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The Neo-Cons Are Not Gone, Nor Forgotten

Brian Ross | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home

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Brian Ross

Much of the economic crisis is also being engineered by our sweet neo-cons to create an untenable situation for the Dems coming into power.

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Midnight Regulations: The Bush Administration's Final Right-Wing Tweaks

ProPublica | Joaquin Sapien and Jesse Nankin | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home

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Here is a rundown of rules and regulations that the Bush administration is pushing through the rulemaking process in its waning days. We will update t...

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Experts Insist Recent Sightings of Mythical "Democratic Spine" Just Another Hoax

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home

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Michael Gene Sullivan

Unlike the Abominable Snowman, scientists say the Spine of the Democratic Party is more than a fairy tale. Incredible as it seems, the legend of Democratic Backbone is based on historical fact.

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236.com: President Bush Is Making Laws Faster Than President-Elect Obama Can Promise To Rescind Them

236.com | Posted 11.18.2008 | Home

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President Bush is pushing through a ruling that will make it more difficult for women to get contraceptives. The loosening of restrictions makes it ea...

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President of Earthjustice on Being the Earth's Lawyer Under Obama

Eric Kuhn | Posted 11.18.2008 | Home

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Eric Kuhn

We are eager to work with the new administration. With that being said, we also stand ready to act to hold the new administration accountable if it fails to enforce laws protecting the environment.

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Bush "Burrowing" Key Political Appointees In Career Civil Service Jobs

Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin and Carol D. Leonnig | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home

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Just weeks before leaving office, the Interior Department's top lawyer has shifted half a dozen key deputies -- including two former political appoint...

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Undemocratic Arab Regimes Afraid of Obama's Change

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home

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Daoud Kuttab

The victory of the change candidate was especially noticed by Arab reformers who have been paying a price for daring to question the political status quo.

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Crisis = Disaster + Opportunity: Yin And Yang, And What China Knows About The Economy

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home

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Vivian Norris de Montaigu

This lack of balance is why we need more women involved in leading the world's economy. There is simply too much of a male-focused approach and it is not working!

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Environmentalists Slam Bush's Departing Proposal As "Fire Sale" For Oil And Gas Industry

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 11.16.2008 | Home

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SALT LAKE CITY — The view of Delicate Arch natural bridge _ an unspoiled landmark so iconic it's on Utah's license plates _ could one day includ...

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Crime of the Century

Steven Weber | Posted 11.15.2008 | Home

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Steven Weber

Has anything BushCo's ever done benefitted the people or the country? Just admit it: we've been robbed, beaten and stabbed. Those are just the facts, Detective Obama.

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How Obama's Win Went Down in Kabul

Nushin Arbabzadah | Posted 11.14.2008 | Home

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Nushin Arbabzadah

The fear that Afghan warlords might have misunderstood Obama's message of "Yes we can," interpreting it as a message of empowerment for war-criminals rather than the people.

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Four Words Obama Will Never Say

Michael Pento | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home

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Michael Pento

Americans must hope that the Obama administration is honest with the people and makes some difficult choices early in his tenure to deal with our growing annual deficits and long term debt.

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Post-Election: Call it Decompression

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.11.2008 | Home

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Rick Horowitz

He did the strangest thing last night: He turned the TV off. There he was, still in the early part of the evening, with another hour or two of pol...

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Nutrition and the Obama Moment

Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 11.11.2008 | Home

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Dr. Jonny Bowden

There's good reason to think that intellectualism is on the ropes, but maybe this will change now that we have in the White House a guy who actually understands nuance and complexity.

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On Killing the Right People

Andrew Bacevich | Posted 11.11.2008 | Home

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Andrew Bacevich

Whether attributable to incompetence or negligence or simply the fog and friction of war, the evidence that we are routinely killing the wrong people in Afghanistan is becoming difficult to refute.

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Today, Talk About America's Future with a Veteran

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.11.2008 | Home

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Lorelei Kelly

Today we are sorely lacking informed public debate on national security and what it means to serve just when today's threats put us beyond the protection of the armed services.

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CA Atty. Gen. Calls on Bush Admin. to Abandon Endangered Species Changes

ProPublica | Posted 11.10.2008 | Home

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The Bush administration wants to alter many environmental rules before it leaves office. The changes could put "entire species and ecosystems at risk for complete destruction," says Jerry Brown.

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Palin Blames Bush Administration For Election Loss

McClatchy | Sean Cockerham | Posted 11.10.2008 | Home

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Gov. Sarah Palin blames the Bush administration for the failure of the McCain-Palin ticket, thinks people need to move on from the so-called "trooperg...

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Bush Admin Wants To Open Tens Of Thousands Of Acres Near National Parks For Drilling

New York Times | FELICITY BARRINGER | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home

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The Bureau of Land Management has expanded its oil and gas lease program in eastern Utah to include tens of thousands of acres on or near the boundari...

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